Peter J. Bensen has served on the Board of Directors since Dec. 2017 and has been President of Bensen LLC, a board consulting firm, since 2018. Prior to that, he served as Chief Administrative Officer of McDonald’s Corporation from 2015 until his retirement in 2016 and served as their Chief Financial Officer from 2008 through 2015. Prior to joining McDonald’s Corporation in 1996, he was a senior manager for Ernst & Young LLP.
Charles A. Blixt has served on the Board of Directors since Nov. 2016 and is a principal of C&D Ventures. Before this, he served as the interim General Counsel of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. from 2006 through 2007. He was also Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Reynolds American, Inc. from 2004 to 2006, and Executive Vice President and General Counsel for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. from 1995 to 2004.
Robert J. Coviello has served on the Board of Directors since March 2020 and is currently Chief Sustainability Officer and Government Affairs of Bunge Limited. Prior to that, he served as Chief Growth and Strategy Officer and Managing Director, China, Southeast Asia and Australia from 2016 to 2018. Since joining Bunge Limited in 2003, he has also held a variety of commercial leadership positions in Asia, Europe and the United States, including Asia Commercial Director, Agribusiness and Director, Global Operations. Prior to Bunge Limited, he served in various merchant and trading roles with Cargill, Incorporated.
Rita Fisher has served on the Board of Directors since July 2023. She is currently the Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President, Supply Chain of Reynolds Consumer Products Inc., a role she has held since 2017. Prior to joining Reynolds Consumer Products, she served as Vice President and Head of Global Business Services for Kraft Heinz Company, a food and beverage company. During her 22 years at Kraft Heinz and its predecessor companies, she held many global and regional roles in Information Technology and Supply Chain, including Head of Global IT and Senior Director Supply Chain Transformation.
André J. Hawaux has served on the Board of Directors since July 2017. Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. from 2015 to 2017, where he also held various leadership roles since joining in 2013. Prior to DICK’S, he served as President, Consumer Foods at Conagra Brands, Inc. starting in 2009, as well as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2006 to 2009. Prior to Conagra, he served as general manager of a large U.S. division of PepsiAmericas, and previously served as Chief Financial Officer for Pepsi-Cola North America and Pepsi International’s China business unit.
W.G. Jurgensen has served on the Board of Directors since Nov. 2016 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in Sept. 2017. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Nationwide Financial Services, Inc., and its parent, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company from 2000 until his retirement in 2009. He also served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of several other companies within the Nationwide enterprise. Before joining Nationwide, he served as an Executive Vice President with Bank One Corporation, and later served as Chief Executive Officer for First Card, First Chicago Corporation’s credit card subsidiary.
Hala G. Moddelmog has served on the Board of Directors since July 2017 and has been President and Chief Executive Officer of the Woodruff Arts Center since 2020. She previously served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Metro Atlanta Chamber from 2014 until 2020. From 2010 to 2013, she was the President of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., a division of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. Prior to her tenure at Arby’s Restaurant Group, she was President and Chief Executive Officer of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Chief Executive Officer of Catalytic Ventures, LLC, and President of Church’s Chicken.
Robert A. Niblock has served on the Board of Directors since March 2020. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. from 2005 until 2018 and as President of Lowe’s from 2011 until 2018, after having served in that role from 2003 to 2006. He became a member of the board of directors of Lowe’s when he was named Chairman- and CEO-elect in 2004. He joined Lowe’s in 1993 and held numerous leadership positions during his career with the company. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, and Secretary, chairman, and vice chairman.
Norman Prestage has served on the Board of Directors since Sept. 2024. He joined Ernst & Young in 1987 and during his career served as the global client service partner for large global public companies in the consumer products, foodservice, retail and risk management industries. He was a member of the Ernst & Young Americas Global Accounts Partner Group and served on the Ernst & Young Global Consumer Products Advisory Board. He also served in various Ernst & Young leadership roles including the Retail and Consumer Products Industry Leader for the Midwest, Arkansas Office Managing Partner, and Southwest Area Partner Forum. He is a certified public accountant and has a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
Maria Renna Sharpe has served on the Board of Directors since Nov. 2016 and is Managing Principal of Sharpe Human Solutions, LLC since 2016. Prior to that, she served as Senior Vice President, Global Human Capital Management, Services & Operations at PepsiCo, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, and was Chief Human Resources Officer, PepsiCo Europe from 2010 to 2014 and Senior Vice President, Compensation, Benefits & Human Resource Systems from 2008 to 2010. From 2004 until 2008 she was Chief Human Resources Officer & Corporate Secretary of UST Inc. She held various senior human resources and legal positions at PepsiCo, Inc., including Vice President, Benefits, Vice President, Compensation and Vice President, Human Resources Counsel.
Tom Werner was named Chief Executive Officer of Lamb Weston in Nov. 2016, and serves as a director on the Lamb Weston Board of Directors. Before becoming Lamb Weston’s CEO, he was President of Commercial Foods at Conagra Brands. He joined Conagra in 1999, and served in roles of increasing responsibility throughout his career across the company’s Commercial Foods and Consumer Foods operating segments. He served as interim President of Conagra’s Private Brands division from June 2015 through its divestiture in Feb. 2016.
Lamb Weston’s FY2023 Sustainability Report is now available.
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